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Rallus elegans
King Rail
Indiana Dunes National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Not In Park (Historical)
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Rallus elegans Audubon, 1834
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Gruiformes, Family Rallidae, Genus Rallus, Species Rallus elegans


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:		IN: SE
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G4
NatureServe State Rank:		IN: S1B
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Assateague Island National Seashore	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Thicket National Preserve
Blue Ridge Parkway	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Dry Tortugas National Park	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Pipestone National Monument	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve


Last Modified Date:	5/10/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/10/2025 4:37:46 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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